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Jesse Visser (Ysselstein 1974) received his BA at Utrecht School of Product Design in 1999 in 3D Design. In 2000 he set up his own designstudio. He has been working on a variety of projects including furniture, lighting, products, interiors, stands and exhibition design. In 2003 he enroled at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam for an MA in Retail & Interior Design to develop his interest further.
Currently he works on commission and on self-initiated projects. Recent clients include Trade Mart Utrecht, Cineac, Opium club restaurant, Wisepeople, DAY creative business partners, city of Tilburg, Summum Reizen and 100%Licht.
He has been awarded several international prizes including, Designboom Competition (honourable mention,2005), 100% Rubber Design Award (overall winner, 2002), European Design Competition (nomination, 2002).
Jesse Visser’s work has been exhibit in Milan, Cologne, London, Frankfurt, Tallin, Solothurn (Switserland) and of course in the Netherlands and has been published in different leading magazines like Items, Frame, Elle, Villa’s and Project+Interieur.
Education
2003-2004 MA Retail & Interior Design, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
1994-1999 Utrecht School of the Arts, 3D Design
Sideline
teacher at Utrecht School of Product Design
external examinator American Intercontinetal University, London
Initiator JONGENSVANHETDOK
team master interior architecture ‘Towards Spatial Identity’ HKU
Prizes/nominations
Nominated for the Mart Stam prijs, 2007
Awarded by Designboom ‘a door to paradise’, Milan, 2005
First prize 100% Rubber 2002, Dalsouple, Londen 2002
Finalist European Design Competition ‘Lights of the Future’, Jan. 2002
Droog Design collection, from December 1999 til June 2000
First prize Piet Bakkerprijs, 1999
Nominated for the Prins Bernhard Fonds, 1999
Nominated for the Design Preis Schweiz, 1999